"It is highly remarkable, from being composed, to at least one-tenth part of its bulk, of Infusoria: Professor Ehrenberg has already ascertained in it thirty oceanic forms. This bed extends for 500 miles along the coast, and probably for a considerably greater distance. At Port St. Julian its thickness is more than 800 feet!" Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle
Darwin in speaking of the coast of Patagonia. The immensity of time. The immensity of space (here on Earth). Just mind boggling. Descriptions like this inspire Lovecraftian visions.
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Back home from the field trip and it was awesome!
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